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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
HOME AND FARM.

-Gather the droppings around and
under the roosts every two or three
days if you would have your poultry
tree from the scourge of scaly legs
a. T. Examiner.
Nice cookies are made with one
cup OF butter, two cups of sugar, three
eggs, two teaspoonfuls each of baking
powder and boiling water, and -four
enough to knead as soft as can be rolled
out.-Boston Budget.
Beaten Biscuit: Two pints of flour,
one teaspoon of salt one tablespoon of
lard, mix into stiff dough with equal
parts of water and milk; beat thirty
minutes with wooden spoon; bake in
quick oven.-The Household.
Excellent Baked Brown Bread:
Three cups of Indian meal. three cups
of rye meal, one-half cup of sour milk,
one-half cup of molasses. three and
one-half cups of warm water, one tea
spoonful of soda. Bake, covered close,
one and one-half hours.
Ordinary building paper is cheap
and of great value to keep cold out OF
all farm buildings. 1t may be nailed
on, with lath covering the seams,
pressing them close to the wall. The
paper may also be utilized for covering
a screen door, making it serve the pur-
pose of a double door to exclude cold.
Detroit Tribune.
-Crumb griddle cakes: The night
before using put some bread crumbs
to soak in one quart Of sour milk; in
the morning rub through sieve and
add four well-beaten eggs, two tea
spoons soda dissolved in a little water,
one tablespoon melted butter and
enough cornmeA to make them the
consistency of ordinary griddle cakes.
1t is better to beat yolks and whites
separately, stirring the whites lightly
in just before baking. -Boston Bulte-
tin.
1t is good plan to wash horses
necks and shoulders with cold water
after the days work in spring and
summer. 1t will strengthen them and
prevent lameness and CALLING, This is
especially necessary if the horses have
not done much work in winter and are
then set to work suddenly in spring.
If horse be sick or lame or swelled,
bathing will often improve it. If the
parts affected be cold, then let the wa
ter be a little warm; but if the parts be
warm, let the water be cold. Some
salt dissolved in the water will add to
its ei1iciency.-San Francisco Chron-
icte.
Hooking to spring and transplant
ing, we say: First dig your holes and
supply mellow, rich soil in place of all
the poor soil that comes out of them.
Years ago, when the Rural grounds
We're planted, muck from what is now
the lake was the soil used to fill in the
holes. There is muck and muck. no
doubt. But Il thriftier line of trees,
both evergreen and deciduOus. than we
have, is rarely to be found. The roots
of young trees soon grow out of the
hole prepared for their receptions; but
a good start in the case of tree is
more important and helpful than in the
case of corn plant. - Western Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
HOW TO CATCH RATS.
Points Cleaned From a Conversation With
Professional Rat-Catcher.

Points Cleaned From a Conversation With
a Professional Rat-Catcher.
A reporter of the New York Tribune
found professional rat-catcher recently,
and had a talk with him. "Have I ever
been bitten!" said the rat-catcher, repeat
ing a question put to him by the reporter.
ayes, sir! A hundred times and more;
but the bite does not usually amount to
any thing. Rats have two motions of the
law in biting. The first is soft and deli
cate. and the teeth just scratch the object
they have hold of. Then follows a
quick, sharp, powerful action of the
law. and the slender teeth sink
up to the gums and stay there This bite is
dangerous If the teeth have gone deeply
into my hand, always suck the wound.
This seems to keep the swelling down, but
always a good deal of pain follows. Ny
arm has swollen sometimes, when hum
cry fellow has given me nip, to twice
its natural size. It's strange, but there
is no harm in the bite of a well-fed rat
A frightened rat will fight, if cornered
and viciously, too. The way to grab rats
SO that they can not bite is to seize them
with strong grip just back of the neck.
They will howl like stuck pigs, but can
not get away, and are entirely under con-
troll"
Some rat-catchers say they can charm
rats" said the reporter.
EYES," answered the man. "but I never
saw rat that could be charmed, though
I've often seen it tried. The method used
is whistling or singing doletul song.
The rats will, it is true, exhibit astonish-
ment at shrill whistle. but when the
amin al is said to be under the mysterious
influence of the whistler, 1 never saw
one yet, if he was a little hungry, that
would not send his teeth through your fin
ger just the same as if he had never been
charmed This whole business is a hum
bug, and, as the experiment is always
made with tame rat, people get an idea
that there is something in it, and are
duped."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

"A Western emigrant having stolen a
horse from an Indian, the latter convicted
him of the offense by a very ingenious
plan. He complained to a jud ge, whe had
the emigrant, with the horse, brought be-
fore him. The prisoner swore that the
aniIa al belonged to him, and that he had
brought it from the East, so that the
judge did not find himself in a position to
convict. He was even about to return the
horse to hina, when the Indian said: 1If
You wall allow me, will prove that the
animal belongs to me.' Immediately he
pulled off his cloak, and covering the
horses head, asked the emf grant of which
eye it was blind! The robber was much
embarrassed at the question, bat, never
theless, rot to delay the court, he replied
at hazard that it was the right eve. The
Indian, I'm covering the head. exclaimed:
1.-THE horse is not blind either of the RICH
eye or the ieft.n The Judge Immediately
decided that the animal was his.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
A Reliable Fertilizer.

UnBleached wood ashes are always
a good:fertilizer. There is 40 question
about that. But because they do not,
in somelinstanees, produce good crops,
should tanners condemn tn I'm? Evil
IDENTIFY net Bone used alone may
in many cases produce e paying
increase in yield;iin others the efficacy
may not he appreciable. Foes this
prove a.ny thing against bone as a fer
tilizer? Suppose we use both bone and
ashes. In the experiments where nei-
Their have proved helpful both a them
may prove of high,valre. When both
dail we should not condemn ashes and
bone as valueless. Let us add nitro
sen i'm some form. Then we have the
essential parts of farm manure If
this combin alton fails to increase the
crops, it will be because the land is al
reasly rich, or because there is too lit
tie nainfal to render thexA available
ST. E,outs Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
STORY OF A KISS.
What a Woman Was Afraid OF and What
Really Happened.

What Woman Was Afraid OF and What
Really Happened
A Circassian was walking along one
road and woman along another, relates
a writer in Chambers Journal The roads
finally united into one, and reaching the
point of junction at the same time, they
walked on together. The man was carry
ing large IRON kettle on his back; in one
hand he held the legs of a live chicken, in
the other cane, and he was leading
goat They neared a dark ravine Said
the woman: II am afraid to go through
that ravine with you; it is a lonely place,
and you might overpower me and kiss me
by force.' Said the man: 'How can I
possibly overpower you and kiss you by
force when l have this great iron kettle
on my back cane in one hand, live
chicken in the other. and am leading this
goat? / might as well be tied hand and
foot" Eyes" replied the woman; "but if
you should stick your cane In the ground
and tie your goat to it, and turn the kettle
bottom-side up and put the chicken under
it, then you might Wickedly kiss me in
spite of my resistance" S'Success to thy
ingenuity, o womanE' said the rejoicing
man to himself; Il should never have
thought of this or similar eXpedientsh
And when they came to the ravine he stuck
his cane into the ground and tied the goat
to it, and gave the chicken to the woman,
saying: ''Hold it while [ cut some grass
for the goat" and then-so runs the legend
lowering the kettle from his shoulders,
he put the fowl under it and wickedly
kissed the woman, as she was afraid he
would-Chana6ers' Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
Interesting Facts About Carpets.

'''We have in stock no less than thou.
sand patterns of carpets said the man
ager of a big carpet store to Chicago
Herald reporter, land our present stock
comprises 5000 rolls. Not one of these
patterns is more than yeac old. The
activity of the carpet designers
and manufacturers is something
marvellous. Perhaps as many as
1,500 or 1000 new patterns are produced in
a year in this country alone. Philadel.
phia manufacturers are notorious copy
lists, while the Connecticut makers work
exclusively from original esigns. There
are carpet designers in this country who
draw salaries as high as sie,Go0 year.
The most expensive carpets in our stock
are $3.50 yard, but we often a1 axe car
pets to order, or have them made IN Scot
land of best Administer, that costas much
as S24 a square yard, laid. 1t is quite
fashionable among wealthy people to have
the carpets for their libraries and parlors
made to order from designs furnished by
their decorators. l have often seen s., POO
or 81 800 worth of carpet put into one room
of ordinary size"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

In his will the late General Durbin Ward
gave to his niece, Ella Ward, the jewel
mounted sword which had been presented
to him by the privates of his old regiment.
He enioins her that she shall ''deliver 1t
to her eldest son, should she ever be
blessed with one, and if he should die, to
the next oldest in succession, and with it
the charge never to draw it in a bad cause,
and to never leave it sheathed should a
good one require its aid. and command him
also to send it down to posterity to the
eldest son, in the direct line so long as
any Ward blood can WELD a sword, until
that blessed time shall come when all
swords shall be beaten into plowshares."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

An Auburn lady tells this about Roscoe
Conking: lone day when Roscoe was
Fisiting my fathers family the horse and
sulky were brought up to the door and my
father was just getting ready to start out
for ride among his patients. Young
Roscoe thought he would get some life
put OF the old horse, took a pin and stuck
it in his launches, when the usually staid
animal suddenly gave kick and hit
Roscoe : So 1ere blow on his forehead
cutting gasu that to this day leaves a
scar on the brow. And this is why the
ex-senator permits little curl to drop
pYer it'll
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
INDIAN HONESTY.
Story of a Cherokee Which Furnish es Con-
siderable Food for Reflection.

Story of a Cherokee Which Furnish es Con-
sidera BILE Food for Reelection.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle
there can hardly be a doubt that there is
something wrong about the Indian coun-
try. There is not jail anywhere within
the bounds of the Cherokee reserva ton.
No country can ever be at a high point Of
civilization in which there are no jails and
nobody does any thing to need them. We
have always been taught to look upon
Damon and Pythias as one of the mo st
beautiful stories of friendship and
honor. Listen to this from the
Cherokee Indian and ask yourself if
it does not give you some different
opinion of him. An Indian was shot for
killing another man some time ago. A
stranger in the Territory happened to be
with the sheriff when the news that the
appeal had been lost and the sentence
must be carried out
Yes" said the sheriff, cpl have to
have the poor fellow shot"
s'Where is hes don't see any jail"
s'He's at home"
"a prisoner under sentence of death at
homer'
Certainly; he's out on his word. He's
been at home three months. We've got no
jails here'
''Weu, you don't expect to get him to
come and be shotv'
''CertainlyI do. He'll be here tomorrow.
/ sent for him."
And the merry stranger laughed. Next
day he was on hand to witness the sheriff's
discontinue But few minutes before
the hour a cavalcade appeared in the dis
lance. 1t was headed by manly young
Indian and it was made up of his friends.
They rode gallantly up and the young In
dian surrendered him self to the sheriff.
He went about among the crowd, shook
hands with everybody, gave one his sad
die, another his horse, and 50 on, until he
had disposed of all he possessed. Then he
selected his bosom friend as the man to
fire the fatal shot, an honor his bosom
friend esteemed highly. He took his
place; pinned piece of blue ribbon over
his heart, the point the bullet was to take,
and stood up like man. A few seconds,
there was shot, and he was dead. I
wonder if there is nothing at all the white
man can learn from the Cherokee Indian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
Stitches in a Winter Oyercoat.

A Vienna tailor, says the Reichen6e,yer
Zeitmng, wagered recently that it took more
than forty thousand stitches to make a
winter overcoat. To decide the question
a coat was ordered and a committee of
experts set 10 superintend the work, as
well as to see that no unnecessary stitches
were made. The result was announced
as follows: Body Of the coat, 4,7So
stitches; collar, S,063; sewing collar ON,
1,763; buttonhofes, $500; sleeves, with
lining, $50, pockets, 924; silk lining of
body, with W added interior, II, s63; braid
ing 2. 726. Tot Il. 1868 stitches.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

FooD makes Blood and Blood makes
Beauty. Improper digestion of food neces-
sarily produces bad blood, resulting in a
feeling of fnnness in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, sick-headache, and other dys-
peptic symptoms. A closely confined life
causes Indigestion, constipation, bilious
ness and loss nf appetite. To remove these
troubles there IS no remedy equal to Prick
ly Ash Bltters. 1t has been tried and
proven to be a specific.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

ENGLISH artist ION board Rhine steam
er-How do you like the Valley Of the
Rhine? American gir1-Oh! it is lovelyI
English artist-In my opinion there is no
valley so beautiful as the Valley of the
Yosemite, in your country. American
girl lin astonishment)-My country!
Why, am an American, not a Japanese.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
German Bread: One pipt of boiled

German Bread: One pipt of boiled
milk, ane-half tea-eup of sugar. one
half Gus, of lard. two-tilirds o. cup of
Yeast. Mix the yeast and milk and let
rise liglz; add the sugar and shorten
inc, with -four enough To make a soft
dough: roll out an inch thick on Il we'll
Toured board. Divide the dough and
put each in n baking tin; make dozen
indentures with the finger on the top.
put a small piece of butter in each and
sift over the whole one tablespoonful of
sugar mixed with the same quantity Of
Ground cinnamon. Let stand ill light,
then bake in a quick oven. Tile t@'
terer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

As raindrop foretells storm, SO does
pimple upon the human body indicate
Notwithstanding virus in the blood. which
can be neutralized and expelled only by DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

WE can not renew youth, but we can pre-
vent gray hair by using Halls Hair Re-
newer.
Ayers Pills are a never-failing remedy
for headaches, caused by disordered
stomach.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

A COUGH COLD, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are a simple remedy and give
prompt relief. IS cts. box
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

CONSTITUTION may be avoided by the timely
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

OUT West, whenever they have a bliz-
zard or tornado they at once telegraph
to the East big stories about the phenom-
email rise in real estate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

A BLIND man in Iowa can tell the color
of red-hot stove simply by touching it
Puek's 4,uuai
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

AN editor makes an income when he
makes his ink hum Whitehall Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

"CAsToR oil is easy to give, but awfully
hard to take.'' So is advice.-Thildde.phi
CdU
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

IT is the spur of the moment that makes
line hy.-N 0. Piedyune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

A STOVE down in a stoveup passenger
car is deadly enemy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

An old man arrived in Butte City,
M. T., recently, having walked all the
way from st. Paul in nine weeks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
March April May

Are the months in which to purify the blood, for
at no other season is the body SO susceptible to
just what needed to expel disease and forti-
fly the system against the Cebilitating effects of
mild weather. Every year increases the popu-
larity of Hoods Sarsaparilla, for it is just what
people need at this season. It's the ideal spring
medicine. If you have never tried it, do So
N. B.-H you have made up your mind to get
Hoods Sarsaparilla do not take any other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

SOME farces are properly called little
laughter pieces.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

A. c. WHITE, Agt., D. & T. R. R. Zenia,
Ohio, writes: Red Star Cough Cure is
most efficient renedy for bronchitis; the
first dose relieved me-" Price twenty-five
cents.
July 1881, wrote Thos. P. Gloster, Hol-
yoke, Mass, sin three days cured an abcess
ON my arm with st. Jacobs Oil" October
", 1856, he says: WAS entirely cured of
the terrible suffering by it." Price fifty
cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeabl,
to use. It is not liquid or snuff. SOC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
Hoods SarsapaniIla
100 Doses One Dollar

Sold by all druggists. ST; six for s.. Prepared by
c. !. HOOD g. CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Hoods Sarsaparla is prepared from Sarsapa-
rilla, DandeIion, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper Ber-
ries, and other well known vegetable remedies,
in such peculiar manner rs 10 derive the full
medicinal value of each 1t will cure. when in
the power of medicine. scrofula, salt rhcurn,
sores, boils, pimples, all humors. dyspepsia. bill
iousness, sick headache, indigestion, general de-
bity .catarrh. rheumatism, kidney ana liver COM
plants.
floods Sarsaparilla cured me of dyspepsia
and liver complaint with which had suffered 30
years. ]. B. H0RNBECK, South FallSburg, N, Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

OLIVER DITSON s. CO., Boston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March Z, 1Sa
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-05-04

gathered thsmselv es in glittering palisades
on either side. The pillows reared as Gods
hand pulled back on their crystal bits
Wheel into line, oh, Israel! March! March!
Pearls crash under foot. The flying spray
springs rainbow arch fer the visitors to
march under. The shout of hosts mount
ing the beach is answered by the shout OF
hosts mid-ssa, and when the last line Of the
Israelitss has reached the beach, the shields
elang, and the symbols clap, and as the
waters whelmed the pursuing foe, the
swift-fngered winds on.white keys Of foam
played the grand march Of Israel Delivered
and the awful dirge Of the Egyptian Over
thrown. So we 90 out and stretch our hand
over the boiling sea of sin and suffering.
Ahal says the deriding world. Ahal That
will amount to nothing, but the winds of
Gods help will begin to blow, and the way
will be cleared for the great army of Chris
tian philanthrOpists, and the glittering
treasures Of the worlds beneicenee will
line the paths Of our feet, and we shall be
greeted to the other shere by the clash Of
all Heavens symbols, while they who re-
sist and dsride and pursue will go down I'M
der the sea, and there shall be nothing left
of them save here and there, cast high and
dry upon the beach, the splintsrsd wheel
of chariot, or thrust oat from the surf the
breathless nestril of riderless charger.
Hallelujahl The Lord God omnipotsnt
rsigneth! Hallelujah!
DIR. HOGE.
As DR.. Talmags seated himself DR..
Minnigerode said: cdr. Hoge now desires
to make a statement"
DR.. Hoge said that he did not have such
q desire; that after what the congregation
had just listened to nothing could induce
him to make statement. He would say,
however, that if we loved cur Bibles We
would be glad to have others love it. He
therefore hoped that the collection about to
be taken up fer the benefit of the society
would be large.
The exercises closed with the dsxelogy
and benediction by the new president,
Rev. DIR. Read.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-05-04

DEATHs.-The following notices of
deaths we copy from the letter of the Mt.
Crawford correspondent of the Rockingham,
Register
"Mr. Martin Whitmere, living on the
Keezeltoen road. was buried at Frieden's
Church on the Och inst. He was Sc years
of age, and the father of Mrs. Peter Pence,
of this place.
Mr.. JAMS Long died at the residence of
his son in.law N. B. Van Pelt, near Burke's
Mill, on last Tuesday, aged rs years. He
was well known in this community, and
was a mem Der of the Methodist church for
40 years
Mrs. Susan J. Wise, mother Of Capt s.
Il. Wise, departed this life at her home
near St. Mi chaePs Church, on Friday 22nd,
aged rs years, months and 20 days. She
was parslyzsd on the Sunday previous, and
was buried on last Sunday at the above
named church by her pastor, DR.. Callen-
der.
Mrs. Rsubush, cohsOrt of the late John
Reubusb, was buried at st. Paul's, near
Rockland's ON last Thursday"